1. mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts; [syn: Minuartia, genus Minuartia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Minuartia
n 1: mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with
mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria:
sandworts [syn: Minuartia, genus Minuartia]